This issue of the collection "XVIII century" is dedicated to two major cultural figures of the XVIII - early XIX centuries: G.R. Derzhavin and N.M. Karamzin and their influence on the literary process of the mentioned time. Among the subjects of the articles: Pushkin and Derzhavin; Derzhavin traditions and philosophical poetry of the 20-30s. XIX century; epithets in the works of Karamzin; Hugo and Karamzin et al.